Ingalls, Davis S.
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces)
Pilot, Northern Bombing Groups
Date Of Action: September 15, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant Davis S. Ingalls, U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces), for distinguished service in the line of his profession as pilot of an aeroplane when on September 15, 1918, he led a flight of five machines on a low bombing raid on an enemy aerodrome. On the homeward journey he shot down a two-seater enemy aeroplane in flames. He further participated in two other low bombing raids and upon still another occasion shot down an enemy kite-balloon in flames near Ostend.